ADULT ADHD is a SERIOUS PROBLEM:Of the estimated 9,000,000 ADULTS with ADHD:

71% are alcoholics (self-medicating)

25% are drug addicted (higher rates of ADHD in sober living communities and at 12 step meetings)

They comprise 45% of the prison population -- due to impulsivity and social interaction problems

Women with ADHD have 7 times the unplanned pregnancy rate

Women with ADHD have a higher divorce rate

Women with ADHD suicide twice as much as other women

People with ADHD are in more traffic collisions

People with ADHD have to LIE to survive

A NOTE FROM ROBERT AND LORRIE TO YOU:

The point of most ADHD meds is to stimulate your brain because it lacks dopamine (a neurotransmitter that creates focus and satisfaction). Most people with ADHD lack the dopamine they need to manage life efficiently.

There are a few major problems with ADHD meds:

1. They will make you emotionally numb. Like a robot. So you don't care how other people are doing, or what they feel. This makes you even more of an outsider - like you're living behind glass. Social anxiety increases.

2. ADHD meds are strong stimulants. They can stunt growth in pre-adolescent children. It's unknown what taking them for years does to a person's lifespan.

3. ANGER. Speed can make you hyper-critical of yourself and of everyone around you. Sometimes it may get physical, so that you want to hit things or do things that harm you.

4. Some people deal with these side-effects with street drugs. Lots of people think weed makes them happier and more likable. The problem with this is that weed will shut down the parts of your brain that are already underperforming because of the ADHD. Street drugs make ADHD worse, so then you get more behind, people come after you more, and you feel like you need more street drugs to deal with that. So your prescription meds can become the gateway to other drugs.

5. 35% of kids carrying stimulants will give in to sharing or selling them to other students. Since it feels good to make any connection, and this is a way to get people to talk to you, it can be really tempting.

THINK ABOUT THIS:So many "experts" say that drugging is "self-destructive" -- but that isn't the INTENTION of your brain. It wants to calm you down or speed you up so that IT will be functioning better. This is science. Your brain wants to function better. It needs to. This is our biology.

Neurofeedback can help correct the brain's urging to seek drugs. It can also allow you to automatically see long term consequences and set long term goals, so the impulsivity dies down. And you may even be able to see and cope with the mess in your room!